Atlanta News 2010

December 21, 2010	Fifty Defendants Charged in Large-Scale Claiborne County "Pill Mill" Conspiracy
December 21, 2010	Operators and Employees of Two Marchyville Pain Clinics Arrested
December 21, 2010	Federal Search and Arrest Warrants Executed in Clarksville Drug Trafficking Investigation
December 21, 2010	Drug Dealers Who Attempted to Trade Machine Gun and Assault Weapons for Drugs Sentenced in Federal Court
December 16, 2010	Federal Officer Indicted with 13 Others for Smuggling Guns and Money in the Airport
November 8, 2010	Manager of Local Cell for Mexico-Based Drug Trafficking Organization Pleads Guilty in the middle of Trial
November 8, 2010	Forty-Five Defendants Arrested as part of Massive Assault against La Familia Michoacana Operatives
November 8, 2010	Carolina Pharmacist and Accomplice Charged with Illegally Distributing Pain Pills in Atlanta
November 1, 2010	More Than One Pound Seizure of "Dirty Girl" (Black Tar Heroin) Leads to Sentencing of Four Drug Traffickers
October 13, 2010	Moore Man Charged in Superceding Indictment
October 8, 2010	American Public Overwhelmingly Responds to DEA Prescription Drug Take-Back Effort
October 1, 2010	Eight Sentenced for Black-Tar Heroin Trafficking
September 30, 2010	23 Defendants Indicted on Federal Drug Trafficking and Weapons Charges
September 28, 2010	Buncombe County Drug Distribution Ring Totally Dismantled
September 24, 2010	DEA Atlanta/Safe Kids GA. Team-Up for Nationwide Drug Take-Back Day
September 22, 2010	DEA Offices in South Carolina Lead Effort During First-Ever Nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day
September 9, 2010	Jury Convicts Big Rig Driver Working for Mexican Cartel of Drug Conspiracy Charges
September 9, 2010	DEA Atlanta Leads Effort During First-Ever Nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day
September 3, 2010	Jury Convicts Big Rig Driver Working for Mexican Cartel of Drug Conspiracy Charges
September 2, 2010	DEA Atlanta and Safe Kids Georgia Team Up for Nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day
August 27, 2010	Heroin Drug Distribution Network Shattered
August 25, 2010	Gaffney Methamphetamine Trafficker Pleads Guilty In Federal Drug Case
August 24, 2010	Orangeburg Drug Trafficker Sentenced to Life Without Parole
August 24, 2010	Ring Leaders of Prescription Drug Conspiracy Sentenced
August 12, 2010	DOctoberor Convicted on 45 Counts of Unlawfully Distributing Narcotics
August 5, 2010	Statesboro Area Drug Traffickers Receive Lengthy Sentences
August 4, 2010	Gulf Cartel Member Sentenced
August 4, 2010	Hollywood Man Sentenced To 20 Years On Crack Cocaine Charges
July 16, 2010	Law Enforcement Explorers to Hold National Conference
July 12, 2010	Defendants Charged with Drug Trafficking, Weapons and Money Laundering
June 30, 2010	Former Spartanburg Clerk of Court Enters Guilty Plea in Federal Court
June 16, 2010	Rembert Man Sentenced in Drug Trafficking Case
June 11, 2010	Charlotte’s “Operation Dirty Girl” Is Part of Nationwide “Project Deliverance” Investigation
June 11, 2010	Red Springs Man Sentenced To 15 Years In Federal Prison For Drug and Gun Charges
June 11, 2010	Alleged Drug Kingpin Edgar Valdez-Villarreal, Known As “La Barbie,” Indicted By Grand Jury In Atlanta
June 10, 2010	North Charleston Man Convicted on Heroin and Gun Charges
May 18, 2010	Five Individuals Charged With Possession With Intent To Distribute Over Ten Pounds of Methamphetamine
May 14, 2010	Greenville Woman Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute Prescription Painkillers
May 13, 2010	Murrell's Inlet Man Indicted for Drug Store Robberies
April 30, 2010	Business Owner Indicted for Methamphetamine Production
April 19, 2010	Greer Man Headed To Federal Prison For Meth Lab
April 16, 2010	Four Sentenced to Lengthy Prison Terms for Their Roles in Drug Trafficking
April 15, 2010	Four Lowcountry Men Sentenced for Meth
April 9, 2010	Effingham Man Sentenced for Illegally Dealing Prescription Drugs
April 6, 2010	Brothers Convicted for Role in Dad's Richland County Drug Organization
March 30, 2010	Members of Large-Scale Crack Cocaine Distribution Ring Indicted
March 23, 2010	Fifteen Indiviuals Indicted On A Conspiracy Charge For Distributing Oxycodone Pills
March 19, 2010	Upstate Meth Dealers Sent to Federal Prison
March 15, 2010	Federal Jury Convicts Laurens Man as Part of Large South Carolina Drug Ring
March 15, 2010	Chester County Man Sentenced to 25 Years
March 4, 2010	Georgetown Man Sentenced to Life in Prison
February 26, 2010	Hilton Head DOctoberor Sentenced to Federal Prison for Illegal Drug Distribution
February 24, 2010	Wilmington Man Sentenced in Drug Distribution Case
February 11, 2010	Florence Man Guilty in DOctoberor-Shopping Case
February 11, 2010	Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) Operation: Northern Star
February 2, 2010	Spartanburg County Clerk of Court Arrested
February 2, 2010	Johnsonville Mother and DAugusthter Among Those Sentenced in Prescription Drug Ring
January 29, 2010	Rock Hill Man Sentenced for Drug Trafficking
January 29, 2010	Andrews Man Convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute Crack Cocaine and Gun Crimes
January 15, 2010	"Operation Shooting Star" Results in Three Dozen Prison Sentences
January 15, 2010	Atlanta Man Sentenced to 262 Months Imprisonment as Part of Major Drug Investigation
January 15, 2010	Effingham Father and Son Plead Guilty to Pill Distribution
January 12, 2010	Three Members of Nationwide Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced on Charges of Distributing Cocaine
January 12, 2010	Eleventh Man Sentenced to Federal Imprisonment for Marchijuana Trafficking Conspiracy Which Ended in Charlotte
January 8, 2010	Saratoga Man Receives Over 33 Years in Prison